When businesses align with higher values, success becomes sustainable—and profit becomes a byproduct of purpose.In a world where agility and innovation often dominate the business agenda, a quieter but transformative movement is reshaping the way organizations operate: Conscious Capitalism. Pionee...
April 2025 has been the most chaotic month in recent global economic history, impacting countries of all sizes and economic strength. The situation can best be described as “confusion worse confounded,” borrowing from John Milton’s Paradise Lost (Book 2, line 995). The seeds of this confu...
A recent World Bank (WB) report, titled World Bank’s Spring 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief, highlights India’s substantial progress in reducing poverty. According to the report, extreme poverty in India declined from 16.2% in 2011–12 to just 2.3% in 2022–23. This means that 171 million people...
NITI Aayog’s recent report, Macro and Fiscal Landscape of the State of Punjab, reveals a troubling economic picture. Between 2012-13 and 2021-22, Punjab’s real Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) grew at an average annual rate of just 5%, lagging behind the national average of 5.6%. More concern...
Last Month, the Indian Parliament passed the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, a progressive step allowing bank account holders to nominate up to four individuals. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman deserves high praise for championing this reform, which empowers bank account holders to nominate...
Economy holds a very important role in shaping up of a country. It actually helps creating the basic social structure and physical infrastructure, of the land through integration of various sectors like agriculture, industry , service and social groups like producer, househol...
Growing asymmetries in short-term money market rates are threatening the effectiveness of monetary transmission. And this isn’t the view of a skeptic—it’s the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that has flagged this concerning trend.Despite the RBI’s efforts to inject liquidity into the system and ...
On April 22, 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released two major reports: the World Economic Outlook (WEO) and the Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR). Given the extensive nature of both documents, this review will focus on the key highlights from each report, starting with the WEO a...
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) recently maintained interest rates at 4.25%-4.50%, reflecting a cautious approach amid economic uncertainty. This decision comes as core inflation remains elevated at 2.8%, well above the Fed’s 2% target, and GDP growth expectations are revised downward to ...
A few days ago, NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer BVR Subrahmanyam launched new initiatives for MSMEs. He stated that the sector is heavily impacted by regulations, with technology upgrades and skill development being key challenges. He reportedly said, “Sometimes when I think of the Indian econo...
